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Pet shops are a really bad place to buy any kind of animal. Go there for hardware, but get livestock from a reputable breeder. And check them out. A friend of mine bought a male Bengal kitten from an out of state breeder and got a female that had, according to his vet, been spayed less than 24...

I think I have a better chance if I can provide egg laying sites that they would find attractive and that could check. They each have a sleeping spot inside one of the four bamboo tubes, leaving one tube unoccupied. I think that they won't want to lay eggs in their sleeping spot. I'm thinking...

I was a tropical fish breeder for over 50 years, so when I sold my house, moved into a condo, and downsized from 50 aquariums to 3 vivariums I fell into my old habit of buying trios. I automaticly thought in terms of breeding even tho in hindsight I should have bought only one P. grandis and...

Josh, have you noticed that you almost never see a Tokay without his mouth open? :) Ask a Viet Nam vet what's the dirtiest thing a lizard ever said to him.

You could mix a little calcium in the honey that you say he will lick from his nose. I'm not sure that MBD is curable. Black soldier fly larvae are high in calcium and I've heard that feeding them can cure it. I have a trio of P. grandis named Kookla, Fran and Ollie. Am I dating myself?

Good point.

I like Tokays and a single one would work. Viet Nam vets call them F**k you lizards.

Welcome. First, are you looking at nocturnal geckos ( most common ) or day geckos? I have Giant Day Geckos Phelsuma grandis myself.

It will be a couple of months before I'm ready to buy, but I'm looking around and it seems that old fashioned wild type Leopards are pretty scarce. Not surprising really.

Amen, Aliza. I have a pair of Phelsuma grandis in a 48x18x24 converted 90 gallon aquarium. The cover is 2/3 glass and 1/3 screen. Light is provided by a 10x46 inch LED panel and a 44 inch UVB florescent tube with a conventional 100 watt incandescent light which provides a surface temp on the...

I've never seen a gecko with eyes like that. What is it?

I've had my MistKing for 9 months now and still haven't managed to program it. I work on it for an hour or two and give up, come back to it in a couple of months, repeat. I've watched a bunch of youtube videos but they all seem to start in the middle.

I finally got my Phelsuma grandis about a month ago and thought I'd share a photo of the setup now that it's grown in a bit. I wish I could clean the glass better. Before I put anything in there, I tried everything from vinegar to CLR. It's not really as bad as it looks in the picture.

Love will find a way.:)

Thanks this is housing P. grandis. I'm a little concerned that it will get out of control, but hey I should be able to cut it back.